Horse-tail holder.



PATENTED JUNE 80, 1908.

0. B. READ.

HORSETAIL HOLDER.

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ORRIN B. READ, OF TROY, NEW YORK.

HORSE-TAIL HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 30, 1908.

Application filed September 11, 1907. Serial No. 392,374.

1 York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ho rse-Ta1lHolders, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to such improvements and consists of the novelconstruction and combination of parts hereinafter described andsubsequently claimed.

Reference may be had to the accompany ing drawings, and the referencecharacters marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Similar characters refer to similar parts in the several figurestherein.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a plan View of the inner side of my improvedhorse-tail holder laid out Flat. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same.Fig. 3 is a front view of the same bent to circular form as in use. Fig.4 is a horizontal section of the same taken on the broken'line 44 inFig. 3.

The invention relates more particularly to horse-tail holders madeentirely of metal: and the particular object of the invention is to moreeffectively support the holder upon the tail of the horse.

Referring to the drawings wherein the invention is shown in preferredform, 1, repre sents a strip of resilient sheet-metal of suitable widthand length for use as a tail-holder, in the body of which strip areformed a plurality of diamond-shaped apertures, 2, and a plurality ofhalf-diamondshaped apertures, 3, all of which apertures are arrangedlongi tudinally of the middle portion of the strip, thehalf-diamondshaped apertures being located, near one end thereof withtheir dia- ILlOlHhSllfiPQCi ends pointing toward the cen ter of thestrip.

The opposite end of the strip is provided with an introverted hook, 4,formed by cuttings-11d inwardly displacing a-portion of the fody of thestrip, said hook being adapted to enter the several half-diamond-shapedapertures and to engage with the square outer end-wall of one aperturewithin which it is inserted, and thereby to serve as a lock for securingthe holder in circular form, as suown in Figs. 3 and 4, to which formthe holder is bent in use so as to embrace the tail of the horse.

Albrnctal tail-lmlders tend to slip and become displaced on the horsestail, unless in theproper position.

As a novel means for retaining the tailholder in position upon the tailof the horse, in use, I provide the holder with a plurality ofintroverted tongues formed by bending inwardly portions of the body ofthe strip along certain sides of the apertures 2 and 3.

Certain of these tongues, 5, are bent inwardly from such sides of therespective apertures that they incline in one direction while certainother of said tongues, 6, are

provided with special means to retain them bent inwardly from suchdiflerently located sides of other apertures that they incline in theopposite direction, and the tongues, 5 and 6, are preferably arranged inalternation, as shown, so that they form V-shaped spaces between themand will not pass readily along the hairs of the horses tail, but willtend to wedge the hairs of the tail between the neighboring tongues, andthereby support the holder in proper position upon the tail.

For certain purposes of the invention the shape of the openmgs isimmaterial so long as the tongues are obliquely arranged and inclinedsome in one direction, and some in another direction.

When the holder is applied to the tail of the horse, the strip, 1, isbent to circular form, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, and clamped around thetail by entering the hook, l, in the proper aperture, 3; the operationof applying the holder to the tail serving to embed the oppositelyinclined tongues, 5 and 6, in the hairs of the tail, the tongues readilyentering between the hairs without injury to the same.

For certain purposes of the invention it is immaterial whether theinwardly projecting tongues are integral with the body of the holder ornot, and for such purposes the holder may be provided in any knownmanner with with inwardly pro'ecting tongues occupying ilanes inclinedobliquely to the plane of the body of the holder.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. Ahorse-tail holder comprising a strip of resilient material having meansfor securing together the ends of the strip when bent to circular form,and having introverted tongues severally occupying planes oblique to thelongitudinal axis of the holder.

2. A horse-tail holder comprising a strip of resilient material havingmeans for securing together the ends of the strip when bent to circularform, and having introverted tongues, certain of which are inclined inone direction, and certain others in the opposit inclined tongues formedirection.

3. A horse-tail holder comprising a strip of resilient material providedwith a lon 1- tudinal row of a ertures, certain'of the we is of whichare ob iquely inclined, and having means for securing together the endsof the strip when bent to circular form, and obliquely inclinedintroverted tongues formed by portions of the body of the strip bentinwardly alon certain of the obliquely inclined walls of sai apertures.

4. A horse-tail holder comprising a strip of resilient material providedwith a longitudinal row of apertures, certain of the walls of some ofwhich are inclined in one direction, and certain of the walls of othersof which are inclined in the opposite direction, and having means forsecuring together the ends of the stri when bent to circular form, and

introverte tongues formed by portions of each with a s uare outer endadapted to engage said hoo r, and with inclined walls at its inner end,said striip having-introverted by ben ginwardly portions of the stripalong certain. of the inclined walls of said a ertures.

'6. A horse-tail-ho der having inwardly at one end an intro-.

projectin tongues severally occupying planes obi i ue to thelongitudinal axis or the o der.

7. A horse-tail-holder having inwardly projecting tongues, certain ofwhich are inclined in one direction, and certain others in the oppositedirection.

8. A horse-tailholder having an apertured metal body, and inwardlyprojecting t ngues formed by introverted portions of said metal body,adjacent to the respective apertures severally occupying planes obliqueto the longitudinal axis of the holder.

9. A horse-tailholder having a metal body provided with a longitudinalrow of apertures, certain of the walls of which are ob: li uelyinclined, and having obliquely inclined inwardly projectin tonguesformed byintroverted ortions of said metal body bent inwardly a ongcertain of the obliquely inclined walls of said a ertures.

10. A horse-tail-hol er having a metal body provided with a longitudinalrow of apertures, certain of the walls of which are inclined in onedirection, walls of others of which are inclined. in the oppositedirection, and having inwardly projecting ton ues formed by introvertedportions of sai metal body bent inwardly a ong the respective oppositelyinclined walls of said apertures. v

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 5th day ofSeptember, 1907.

()RRlN B. READ.

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